[CentOS] Testing software on CentOS 7

2019-03-17 Thread H
I need to test a new version of Geany but already have the repo version installed on all my systems. In order not to foul up my current installation, what is the suggested procedure for installing and testing this new version? I tried installing in a docker container which of course went fine bu

Re: [CentOS] Testing software on CentOS 7

2019-03-17 Thread Brent Earl
A virtual machine running CentOS with the same environment and packages installed should do the trick. On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 8:02 AM H wrote: > I need to test a new version of Geany but already have the repo version > installed on all my systems. In order not to foul up my current > installation

Re: [CentOS] Testing software on CentOS 7

2019-03-17 Thread H
On 03/17/2019 03:06 PM, Brent Earl wrote: > A virtual machine running CentOS with the same environment and packages > installed should do the trick. > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 8:02 AM H wrote: > >> I need to test a new version of Geany but already have the repo version >> installed on all my system

Re: [CentOS] Testing software on CentOS 7

2019-03-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 3/17/19 1:08 PM, H wrote: I am correct in that docker cannot be used, or? If it can be used, what changes would I need to make to be able to run geany from a docker? A google search for "run x11 app in docker" returns http://fabiorehm.com/blog/2014/09/11/running-gui-apps-with-docker/ as

[CentOS] konqueror vs. centos and mathematics

2019-03-17 Thread Michael Hennebry
I'm running centos 7. Firefox spends so much time in th D state that I am trying konqueror. Displaying mathematics on wikipedia, e.g. Remez algorithm seems to be a no go. Wikipedia seems to use tex, so I installed texlive and texlive-* . Firefox hadn't needed it and it did not seem to help konquer

Re: [CentOS] konqueror vs. centos and mathematics

2019-03-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 3/17/19 4:47 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: Wikipedia seems to use tex, so I installed texlive and texlive-* . Formulas can be composed with tex, but they're displayed as images.  You shouldn't need any special browser support to display formulas.  Can you post a screenshot somewhere? ___

[CentOS] compile question on CentOS 7

2019-03-17 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to use the fnmatch() function in a C program and pass as the 3rd arg (options) of case insensitive search... When I use the value FNM_CASEFOLD it does not work... I'm confused on what to send to fnmatch() to do a case insensitive search. Any pointers ? Thanks. Jerry

Re: [CentOS] konqueror vs. centos and mathematics

2019-03-17 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
Gordon Messmer wrote: > Formulas can be composed with tex, but they're displayed as images. > You shouldn't need any special browser support to display formulas. Correct, they're just SVG images. In Firefox, if you type about:config in the search bar, you'll see several options starting with sv

Re: [CentOS] compile question on CentOS 7

2019-03-17 Thread Fred Smith
On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 09:23:23PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > I am trying to use the fnmatch() function in a C program and pass as the > 3rd arg (options) of case insensitive search... > > When I use the value FNM_CASEFOLD it does not work... > > I'm confused on what to send to fnmatch() to do a

Re: [CentOS] konqueror vs. centos and mathematics

2019-03-17 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 17 Mar 2019, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 3/17/19 4:47 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: Wikipedia seems to use tex, so I installed texlive and texlive-* . Formulas can be composed with tex, but they're displayed as images.  You shouldn't need any special browser support to display formulas. 

Re: [CentOS] konqueror vs. centos and mathematics

2019-03-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 3/17/19 7:47 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: http://web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/Screenshot2019-03-17+21-29-06.png The web site seems to be emitting tex. Presumably something has to translate between tex and image. That said, firefox worked (barely) before I installed texlive. It looks like

Re: [CentOS] konqueror vs. centos and mathematics

2019-03-17 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 17 Mar 2019, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 3/17/19 7:47 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: http://web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/Screenshot2019-03-17+21-29-06.png The web site seems to be emitting tex. Presumably something has to translate between tex and image. That said, firefox worked (barely)